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Have you guys seen this preview? http://www.avatarmovie.com/ This movie is being released "worldwide" on Dec 18th. I don't generally plug movies . . . especially ones that I haven't even seen yet, but this one should really appeal to most of us role-players, since we are all so used to pla...

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Hey Gurachn, I would post more about my FO3 mods here, if there was more interest in them here. It pretty difficult to have an active forum topic when I am the one making 90% of the posts. If you post here, I will be happy to respond. Understood. As we are currently discussing the Skill -AccuracyVs...

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Thanks csb, I didn't realize that prefs.ini isn't used when you launch with FOSE. I'll have to add that to my FO3 tips page.

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This could also be cause if the save relies on mods that are no longer current (as in being loaded). Use FOMM's 'Save Game List' button and check the save that you are trying to load to make sure that all the listed esms and esps are still active in your load order.

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Thanks Seth, :) My Realism Tweaks affect every human, creature, and robot in FO3. I'm nearly ready to release my next version [v.3.2], which is another major update. I was hoping to be long finished with this mod by now, but I'm still finding things that I feel need balancing, so I just keep tweakin...

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Hey Gurachn,

I would post more about my FO3 mods here, if there was more interest in them here. It pretty difficult to have an active forum topic when I am the one making 90% of the posts. If you post here, I will be happy to respond.

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Don't use the default autosaves or quicksaves, as they are known to corrupt data/saves.

Instead use CASM <http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3729>

Sorry that this won't help you with your current inability to reload your game, but it may help reduce the problem in the future.

Arwen

If you haven't bought this new BioWare RPG (the company that brought you Baldur's Gate) Dragon Age: Origins do it now! Dragon Age is just awesome - I mean, may be the best RPG ever released to date. Really. Is it really THAT good? Not that I'm questioning your opinion on it, but is it really better...

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Have you tried Unique Normal Weapon Textures or 10mm Pistol Replacer (Which is in my FO3 mod list)?

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I haven't had that problem. Have you tried using nHancer?

I have information about the program and my own personal setting for FO3 HERE

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Ok, mine was like no surprise ...

ARWEN
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Means "noble maiden" in Sindarin. In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Arwen was the daughter of Elrond and the lover of Aragorn.

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What that change actually does is it removes the Quest Markers from the Compass, not from the Map. (I'll fix my typo there).

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Hey insidious_glamour, Welcome to our Realm! You sound a lot like me ... in many ways. :) ... especially in your initial opinion of FO3 (as in identical)! I NEVER thought that I could ever get into a game like FO3 (of course, I'm playing a very heavily tweaked version of the game). I do need to get ...

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I'm glad to hear that. The upgrade went sooo much smoother than I expected . . . I was stressing over it for days before it happened, trying to make sure that everything was ready on this end, and backing up everything, just in case I ran into a glitch. But when the upgrade day arrive, it was like, ...

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Don't install them all at once, but you should be ok installing several at a time, as long as you're somewhat certain of their load order and then use Wrye Bash to check compatibility and to create a bash patch.

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Hey guys, welcome to our Realm! Thanks for joining our little virtual community . . . I hope you'll both jump in and be active in our discussions here (or even start your own). Sometimes I get a bit busy elsewhere, but I try to check in every day (usually a couple of times per day), and try my best ...

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I ran into a similar problem when I tried to use the hair mod when my character was younger (and the problem remained even after she became an adult). This is what worked for me (it may or may not solve your problem): 1.) Go to console, enter showracemenu and select a default hairstyle. 2.) If the d...

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Thanks! Here's my short answer: FOOK2 is not compatible with my Realism Tweaks. Until my mod is at a more Final release state (I'm still making new modules for it), I just don't have the time to invest in creating compatibility patches for it. Personally I'm totally content with then amount of weapo...

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Hey Genura, Even though I'm a huge fan of LOTR, I haven't tried any LOTR mods for Oblivion, as I've been trying to keep as true to TES Lore as possible. But there are a number of popular mods out there: Tolkien Hobbit Race New Hobbit Hole A CM Partner Companion Gandalf There's also Elves of Lineage ...

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Hey gurugeorge, welcome to our Realm. :) And you're very welcome ... I'm really happy to see that my OB journal can still ignite some renewed interest in the game. I love Oblivion, but FO3 has stolen all my gaming free time for the past 4 months or so. The funny thing is that I never expected to rea...

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Good luck with that xit!

I don't envy you at all . . . I still don't know how I made it through my last semester, with my double thesis load (and that was just for a BS degree).

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Hey Moth Bones, Thanks, I'm glad that my site has been helpful and enjoyable for you. :) If you need help with any of the mods, please just post in the FO3 mod section, and I try to answer any questions you have. One of the main reason for having these forums is that it is much better easier for me ...

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Thanks, and welcome to our Realm! I'm hoping to complete chapter 5 in a few days, but I keep getting sidetracked with things in the game that I keep trying to fix . . . which is the reason that my Realism Tweaks are constantly being updated. I'm currently working on an armor module, which will tweak...

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Hey Convert ... Welcome to out Realm. And thanks! The hair pack mod will also alter some hairstyles on some male NPCs, if you also use the optional hair_add_npc.esp. I have a quite a few mods that I'm still play testing ... just look at my mod load order section ... The D.C. Interiors Project is one...

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Only in that the merged patch itself is dependent on the mods that are included in it. You should also know that the merged patch can sometimes actually create more problems than it solves, especially if you're using mods like MMM that alter level lists (I'm not using it in my own game).

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Hey Oldtimer, You don't necessarily need to remove any records to remove master dependancies. I have ended up with clean mods after getting those same messages ... but have also ended with mods that were still dependent on masters. I don't remember seeing a clear message that stated the difference. ...

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Mod cleaning (as I understand it) generally involves updating a mod to its dependancy on an outdated master, by saving it with the updated master loaded. Sometimes cleaning involves removing dependancy of some masters, which is sometimes possible if nothing in a master is unique. In the case of FO3,...

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First of all, I need to know why you need to clean a mod (just to make sure that we are taking about the same thing).

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Nobody wants to answer me? WHY? I generally don't reply to posts unless I have something to add ... which in this case I didn't, since I don't play MMORPGs. This is a very small forum, so unless you happen to post something that one of the active members is actually interested in, you're not always...

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Duke has given me permission to distribute his SCA Archery mod (since I helped make it) and his "Magic You Can Believe In" mod. I'm in the process of adding a second website as a way to distribute my own FO3 mods, so I'll be adding those two mods there. It will likely be at least a week be...

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Hey 4th of Elven, First of all, welcome to our Realm! I'm glad that my FO3 mod list has been helpful to you. Thanks for letting me know about your mod ... I do know about it, as I'm always scanning new releases for mods like that. I've even downloaded it, although I won't install it until after I in...

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This is likely where we're heading (apparently in the not-too-distant-future). I'm just thrilled that my 2-year-old PC can run FO3 with sliders at max, even with all the hi-Rez texture mods that I've installed. Perhaps my next system will include 3-D (which would be cool) ... since that won't happen...

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I contacted Duke Patrick and offered to host all his OB mods on my site, but he doesn't want them distributed on any site. This is the only way that he will release them to individual users (at this point): "You can tell anyone that wants my mods (the ones I do not mass distribute anymore) they...

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Hi all, I do not quite understand if I`m supposed to install files from CBO 1.4 folder AND THEN from 1.4.1 fix folder also OR ONLY from the 1.4.1 folder. And yes, I`m both dumb and old. Regards, Oldtimer Hey Oldtimer, Welcome to our Realm! CBOv1_4_1fix is just a patch, so you have to install CBOv1_...

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You're very welcome. Please let me know what you think, especially if you feel that anything needs better balancing. I'm working on a minor update, which will hopefully correct some minor problems: - melee is a bit too powerful now, so I'm reducing the strength multiplier a bit - the same is true fo...

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Thanks! I am grateful for any feedback that I receive. I'm sure that there are a number of things that still need to be balanced better. In my opinion, most animals shouldn't be at all difficult to kill with a gun. I found that my reduced HPs, along with default weapon damage values, seem about righ...

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Arwen_Realism_Tweaks mod (version 1.0 was released a couple of weeks ago, but was pretty basic, until version 1.1): I just made version 2.0 available today, which is a pretty MAJOR update, and is my most complex mod yet. Changes (7/27/09) - I added a LOT more tweaks since version 1.1: - Modified cr...

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Hey Fremen, welcome to out Realm!

I've been focusing almost entirely on Fallout 3 mods for the past few months, but I do try to stay in the loop about Oblivion mods. So let me know if you need any help with the mods on my OB mod list.

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The hard part is getting everything balanced! That's what's I've been spending most of my time doing lately. But I'm done (for now) with my update ... just have to finish checking over all the values and write the readme. My mod now consists of 5 modules (and one combined esp), so it's really grown ...

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Hey Mailor, I just use the Brahmin Dairy products for their healing properties (HP and RADS), ann I just like the fact that they ad some pretty cool (and realistic) dairy products to the game. There's plenty of other food in the game that can be used to take care of you Real Needs hunger. I love Rea...

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Myreth pretty much answered this (Thanks Myreth), but I try to clarify what I wrote on my site. The Full version requires two downloads: the installation files, and the esp files The Light version is just the balancing part, without any of the the cosmetic changes or the additional races. You do not...

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Hey Wam, welcome to our Realm! This place is a *bit* quiet, but we do try and I do try to pop in every day (but haven't done very well this week). So PLEASE keep posting, and let me know if I can be of any help with any of the OB mods in my list (although I may need to do some cramming to answer any...

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Hey adembroski, Welcome to our Realm! I haven't tried any other quest mods yet, mostly because I've bee too busy making my own mods lately. And because there are not very many good ones available yet (although this will hopefully change soon, as more people get into FO3 modding). Quest mods are pret...

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Hey Slavemaster-Hunter, It's about time that you stopped back in here! :) I didn't use many mods at all when I played Morrowind . . . but that all changed with Oblivion, which I found to be nearly unplayable (for me), until I added a LOT of mods. And the same is just as true with Fallout 3, which I ...

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One of the neat things about phpBB3.0 is that it allows me to create sub forums, which help to keep the main forums organized. You'll find the new FO3 mods sub forum under the Fallout Series forum. There's a "Fallout 3 Mods - General" sticky thread, where you can post any general discussio...

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Lately I've been spending most of my free time creating my own FO3 mods (and sometimes forgetting to post about them here). I released a beta version (v.0.1) of Less Blood on June 29th, but it took me until July 2nd to complete a release version (v.1.0). Here's a bit about it: This mod reduces the a...

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Please use this thread for general discussion of mods for Fallout 3.

If you want to discuss a specific mod (or your own user created mods), you should probably create a new thread (which will help to keep things better organized here).

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My main focus on mods has always been my recommended mod lists (on my websites), so I haven't really been very involved in the creation of mods . . . other than the rare occasions when I have actually been involved in assisting in the creation of a mod. Recently I decided to try creating mods on my ...

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Hey Myreth, I'm glad that you have enjoyed my website, and that you decided to join our little community here. I too avoided purchasing Fallout 3, as I just didn't feel that it was my type of game . . . but now I'm really glad that I decided to give it a try. Like Oblivion, it did require installing...

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Much, much praise & stuff. I'm using your very basic version now, and it's working great. If you happen to feel particularly ambitious one day, though, I have a request: a bloody mess type perk for use with Martigen's rise-from-the-dead ghouls. Thanks! I'm glad you're happy with that version. I...

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I'm hoping to get back playing the game soon, so that I can finish writing chapter 5 (which I have barely started). I've been spending all my spare time lately trying to figure out how to make some mods. It was one of those cases where no one else had released a mod that made all the changes that I ...

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Yes, dingy class sailing at the collegiate level is EXTREMELY physically demanding. We competed under both NCAA and the Intercollegiate Sailing rules (the rule book is an inch thick). Having never sailed before, I had no clue what I was actually getting myself into. I suddenly found myself doing thi...

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Hey Ghostwind, (I only have time right now for a quick reply about the team part.) I was on the girls volleyball team at my first college, but was only able to do so for one semester (due to my class schedule). For the past two years, I've been a member of my University's Sailing Team (and yes, I'm ...

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Hey Seth, Goodness, I could never make it through either game without dying . . . and I'm playing on just normal mode, although I am using a number of mods that make surviving a lot more difficult. I try really hard to keep my character alive, and I do pretty well for awhile, but then I make a mista...

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Hey Seth, Welcome to our Realm! I'm glad that the site was helpful to you. The mod structure in Fallout is a bit tricky, you can follow some basic guidelines, but you really have to use FO3Edit to find all the conflicts and then you can tweak your load order (or even edit the mods to make them more ...

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Hey Ghostwind (and I again apologize for being a bit tardy in replying), I’m so glad that my post led you to my website, and that my site led you to join our Realm. Thanks for your very nice comments about my site and about my writing. My way of thinking is a bit unique, which really annoys some peo...

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I have thus far stayed away from cobl anything. I am spending far more time playing around with mods than I am actually playing the game, which is a bit sad. Edit: and now that I've gotten rid of V&V and See You Sleep, I'm still getting crashes, caused by the Revised Running/Fatigue mod. And mo...

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I have had that happen with Duke's rusty arrows . . . but not with any other type of arrows. There was a bug with them and he may never have corrected that. But I've never had that happen with any of the other types of arrows.

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I just released my first Fallout 3 mod . . . Gore_No_More : This mod removes most of the excessive gore from the game. Does playing Fallout gross you out a bit too much? Are you finding it difficult to play the game with your eyes closed? Gore_No_More is you one-step solution to making your gaming e...

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Thanks for the really nice comments about my Oblivion Journal . . . and you're most welcome. :) This forum is meant to be an extension of my website (among other things) . . . so if you have questions, or suggestions (on mods or anything else) . . . this is the place to post them. And welcome to our...

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Bethesda released a new patch a few days ago . . . v.1.6 http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/updates.html The patch was officially released to add "New achievements for Point Lookout." , but it is a cumulative patch, which means that it contains all previous updates (...

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It looks like most everyone will have to re-upload an avatar (using the user control panel/profile/avatar). Sort of a pain, but I've increased the maximum avatar image size from 100 x 100 to 150 x 150 . . . sort of a bonus incentive. :) Hint: you can now upload a larger image and then size it down l...

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I'll try to contact Duke Patrick and see if he will let me host his mods on my website or at least email them upon request.

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We made the upgrade to phpBB3 today. :!: I've just spent hours trying to make sure that all is working ok . . . but I need FEEDBACK, as I can only see how things are working for me. Basically I would like all the regular members to make a post in this topic . . . if only just to write that there are...

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I just received the following Admin message: "Just a reminder this Monday we will be starting auto-conversions for remaining phpbb2 forums." So the upgrade to phpBB3 should be happening really soon. Hopefully I will be able to handle the changes without too much trouble (or down time).

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Hey Nearco, Welcome to our Realm. The best way to make friends here is to post and to share your ideas an opinions about Oblivion and its mods (and about anything else you want too discuss). The problem is that we still don't have nearly enough active posters to keep this place as interesting as I w...

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I just put our forums into the upgrade queue, so the change over should happen soon. All of the FreeForums will have to switch over by the 20th (current timeline), so all I'm doing is trying to make the change while I have the time to deal with it. In preparation for the switch, I have disabled html...

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Leo Star Dragon 1 wrote:Ahem! . . .
But I feel like Arwen has been influencing me without my knowledge, for some time now.

And without my knowledge as well . . .

Anyhoo, welcome to our Realm . . . and I do hope that you have fun here.

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My net's been unstable for the last couple of days. :P xit, I just hate it when that happens . . . sorry that you've been having cyber hiccups. The more people here posting, the more active it becomes. That is sooo true. Other than the few faithful members, it seems like most people join, make a co...

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I haven't even gotten around to installing the Fallout 3 Expansion Pack: Operation Anchorage & The Pitt, even though I've had it for a week. So it may be a while before I'm ready to add another expansion, but thanks for posting about it.

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I'm just going to assume I'm too late for the party... Oh well. Hey Genura, you're not late . . . you were early. I do try to stop in every day, but sometimes I miss a post . . . sorry. You'll just have to be patient with us, as there are only a few active members here, and we're not always able to...

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Since I've never even seen the XBox version of Morrowind, I'm guessing that it mostly has to do with the large number of mods that are available for the PC version.

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Slavemaster-Hunter wrote:Well alchemy is a needed skill for me.

I agree with Xit . . .
The thing is that alchemy is a really easy skill to level up, where weapon skills tend to level much slower . . . and having some skill with a weapon at the beginning of the game makes it much easier to survive.

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Thanks guys! :) I just received my final grades today. This was by far my most difficult semester and just a few weeks ago I was worried that I might not graduate, as I still needed to complete two thesis and start writing a major research paper and put together a presentation - all a bit much when ...

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Hi Arwen, Mighty impressed with how you have developed your website and even have your own forum hosted! Yikes. Heh! Anyway, good to see you are thriving and expanding and good luck with all that testing in college. I remember swearing after I left college I would never take another exam EVER. Oh, ...

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Hey Gnuoo and Kaoten, Sorry for not replying sooner . . . been busy getting through finals (and all my other written work). Hi, Arwen I noticed that at the end of your Mod list there are some texture files that you have loaded maunally. I put those texture mods at the end of my mod list simply becau...

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Hi James,

Thanks for the instructions! I'll give the expanded GNR a try once I get a chance (I'm about to had to bed soon as I have a regatta to compete in in Newport in the morning).

I'm not using FOOK, but I'm pretty sure that there's a FOOK/MMM patch . . . are you using that?

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I've had a hard time of late getting Firefox to be steady and actually view any of Arwen's forums... very odd. Jumping through hoops to post this. I've had to disable the Platypus Firefox extension when I'm doing posting on this forum. Otherwise every time i click to focus the edit window and right...

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Hey chaosapiant, I’m really sorry that you never received a reply for your email. I do reply to every email I receive, even though it takes me a long time to do each reply (The exceptions are that I don't reply to spam or to the few inappropriate emails that I get). Honestly I can’t be certain that ...

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Hi Arwen. You don't waste any time replying. Thank you very much lol :D I just happened to take a break from my studies soon after you posted. This forum is generally so slow that it is hardly ever a problem to reply to posts. How on earth do you reply like you did to last email.Braeking the email ...

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Hi Arwen. I hope your getting on well with Fallout :) I've had so many restarts I've lost count lol :oops: Hey James, I'm getting on pretty well, even though I haven't had nearly enough free time to really get into the game. I've actually spent most of my game time play testing - although I've been...

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Hey Rtheis,

Those are all from Bethesda's official mods. The only official mod the GOTY includes is Knights of the Nine. The rest you need to download if you want them, for a fee (like $2 per mod). The DLC preface stands for "DownLoad Content". You can download all the mods HERE.

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I'm in the middle of trying to pull together two thesis and a research paper, but I'll try to add something here in a day or two.

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I'm happy that I was able to enlighten you to the grid button. :) I don't know how to make the edits that give you large fonts. I would just deactivate the mod in OBMM and them activate it again, and chose large fonts this time. If you edited the hudmainmenu_config.xml (in Data\Menus\Prefabs\darn), ...

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Hey Acadian, Welcome to our Realm :) I have no delay at all when I open the world map, so it might be a system issue. My computer system is listed HERE I'm using the large font, since I'm running OBlivion at 1680 x 1050. It is not really much bigger than the regular font, but it does help a bit, and...

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Really Arwen,thanks for everything. But I thought that you don´t like games such as Fallout. They are very depresive. You're very welcome. :) I like the tutorial part and some of wasteland (exploring is always fun). But trying to play FO3 has definitely been pushing myself beyond my comfort level, ...

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I daren't start Modding This aswell! I spend too much time modding Oblivion as it is without playing!!! lol :D If someone would release a RPG that was more inline with my gaming style (balanced, immersive, and semi-realistic), I wouldn't have to spend so much time adding mods to the game. I knew en...

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Ok, so apparently not many members are playing Fallout 3, either that, or you're just not into modding the game. So I don't know how many are even interested, but here's an update, just in case: After messing around with the (mostly) unmodded version of the game for a few hours, I'm ready to start a...

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Hey I'm glad that you figured it out.

You can also launch Oblivion from the OBMM, which also loads OBSE.

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Hey Treeborne, First of all, you're very welcomed :) And welcome to our Realm. Secondly both mods require that you have OBSE nstalled for these two mods to work. OBSE is the Oblivion Script Extender, which expands the scripting capabilities of Oblivion. Clean Quit also requires Pluggy , which is a p...

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I haven't even started the game yet, since I have to wait until I get home for spring break (I'm driving home on Friday afternoon). But I've done a LOT of research into mods for the game and have a fairly long list of Fallout Mods that I plan on playtesting in my Future Mods section . Anyhoo, one of...

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I really liked Tweaper, but it seems to have been abandoned and I can no longer get mine to work either (even though I was able to download the Oblivion pak, it wouldn't install). I guess I'll have to remove it from my list (I hadn't used it in a really long time, as I have just been tweaking the in...

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I added a new forum section where members could have a place to discuss the Fallout games. I'm expecting that most of the discussions will be about Fallout3, since it is the newest game in the series, but the earlier games can be discussed here as well (and I hope they will be). So please post your ...

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I have not been all interested in Fallout, since it just doesn't seem like the type of RPG that I would enjoy (too FPS-like). But then I made the mistake of checking out the mods that are now being made for the game . . . and I got hooked with some of what I was seeing and reading. Anyhoo, I recentl...

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I added this forum section so that members could have a place to discuss the Fallout games. I'm expecting that most of the discussions will be about Fallout[sup]3[/sup], since it is the newest game in the series. Please post your opinions, impressions, and suggestions here. This can include such thi...

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I'm going to take a wild guess here Arwen and suggest that you voiced an opinion on Beth's forums about this under your nick? If that was you, I have to agree with you. Yes, that was me (of course . . . use of the same avatar sort of gives me away). My main concern is that too many people who don't...

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Thanks, but I'm very aware of those mods, and I've got a whole buch of other ones that I still have on my "test out" list. I've been following Vows and Covenants for quite a while, and just waiting until it's complete (as in all nine divine are covered, and it's now pretty close now). I tr...

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But, when you sail, the idea is to stay in the boat. Do we always remain in the boats? Well, no. You do occasionally flip over when you sail a racing dingy, where the crew is the only ballast, and we sail in extreme conditions. I cannot walk on water either. In fact, no one on my team can . . . that...

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That's crazy . . . my 134 installed OMODs only amount to 2.6 gigs. I think I'll stick to my own list, as I know they all work well together and my computer can handle them all. There are still no files listed, so I wonder how they will be broke up. Plus he'll need to get permission from each modder.

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Well, I'm NOT planing on joining the US Air Force.

Besides, I'd rather fly a plane than jump out of one.

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